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While I've not been working I totally went Mountain, let the hair and the beard grow in. Tomorrow I have an interview with a company and I trimmed the beard to what I think is a groomed looking length and got my hair cut.

I'm not opposed to shaving the beard for the interview but I'd really rather not, I like the look and would like to maintain it. It's short, I keep it trimmed and shaped evenly and think it would be acceptable.

At my firm, you're not allowed to grow facial hair on company time - that's one of the very few restrictions they actually put on us. Now, I can take 2 weeks off of work and not shave and come back and have a beard and as long as I maintain it and keep it nice, its a non-issue. But, I can't decide on a random Monday that I want to grow a beard and just stop shaving.

At my firm, you're not allowed to grow facial hair on company time - that's one of the very few restrictions they actually put on us. Now, I can take 2 weeks off of work and not shave and come back and have a beard and as long as I maintain it and keep it nice, its a non-issue. But, I can't decide on a random Monday that I want to grow a beard and just stop shaving.

I work in a Fortune 500 company HQ and I have a nicely trimmed beard and have had it for the better part of 2 years. There is nothing on the books that says you can't have facial hair in our code of conduct. I do have friends that have the same stipulation as MFB though. They can't be in the 'tweener stage with facial hair. Has to be completely shaven or distinctively grown.

Also, Good Luck with the interview Shek

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Like the rest above, as long as you keep it groomed, there should be no problem with having one. I've worked a number of corporate jobs at company's like Ruby Tuesdays (accountant), Clayton Homes (internal auditor), EdAmerica (csr) and not one of them had a problem with beards/goatees. There are quite a few disciplines out there like airline pilots, cops, etc that only allow a mustache.....I think in your line of business, you'll be just fine man. Just don't go in looking like Grizzly Adams and you'll do fine. Good luck!

The only issue is the guys that can't really grow a beard. Like everyone says as it looks neat and well groomed you should be fine. Now if you shaved it I wouldn't be surprised if you had a better chance.

At my firm, you're not allowed to grow facial hair on company time - that's one of the very few restrictions they actually put on us. Now, I can take 2 weeks off of work and not shave and come back and have a beard and as long as I maintain it and keep it nice, its a non-issue. But, I can't decide on a random Monday that I want to grow a beard and just stop shaving.

Same at my workplace. I think it is to avoid the federline look between the shadow and beard look.